SERB Ramanujan Fellowship

Scholarship Details

This fellowship is designed for outstanding engineers and scientists across the world who want to take up scientific research positions in India and especially, for those engineers or scientists who want to return to India. The main idea behind conceiving the Ramanujan fellowship was to bring back great scientific minds that left the country to pursue research abroad.

Award

• A monthly grant amount of INR 1, 35,000 is provided. This grant amount includes HRA benefits too.
• Additional grant amount exclusively for research activities shall be provided at INR 7 lakhs per annum.
• INR 60,000 per annum is offered as additional overhead charges for fellows.

Eligibility

• Indian citizens (scientists) who are currently staying abroad can apply.
• Foreign nationals interested in a career research in India can also apply.
• Interested candidates should be PhD holders in one of these subject areas – engineering/ medicine/ pure sciences or masters in high level science subjects.
• Previous work experience in the subject pursued is mandatory.
• Candidates must have outstanding knowledge of the subject of interest.
• They should have great credits in terms of publications of their work and presentation of papers in related research areas.
• Candidate must ideally be associated with any science and development organization in the country. The association could be on the basis of a contract/ temporary position or permanent position holder.

Documents Needed

Documents required (in PDF) should be in prescribed format:

• Nomination letter (On letterhead, duly signed and stamped)
• CV of Nominee

Provider

Science and Engineering Research Board (Govt. of India)

How To Apply

• Step 1: Visit the official site to register.
• Step 2: Once registered, log in to complete the application. Fill all the mandatory fields in Profile Details section under User Profile which includes Photo, Institution, Address, etc.
• Step 3: Under Form Submission, choose scheme: Ramanujan Fellowship, and fill the Ramanujan Fellowship nomination form which includes details of Nominee Details, Qualification Details and Nominator Details, etc.
• Step 4: Upload the proposed area of research and a brief outline of the proposal in a single PDF file not more than 5 pages.
• Step 5: Send the completed form to the nominator. 
• Step 6: Nominator can choose to submit the nomination to SERB or resend the form to Nominee for any revision. All nominations are to be sent to:

Dr. Monika Agarwal,

Science and Engineering Research Board 

5 & 5A, Lower Ground Floor, 

Vasant Square Mall, Plot No. A, Community Centre,

Sector-5, Pocket-5, Vasant Kunj 

New Delhi-110070